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FICTION

FRITZβ€” Satyajit Ray

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY HAIMANTI DUTTA RAY   Looking at Jayanta for a couple of minutes, I can’t refrain myself from asking him a question. β€œIt appears you are somewhat morose today? Is anything wrong…...

No One As Rano Biswas: A Reviewβ€” Yashodhara Gupta

A BOOK REVIEW BY YASHODHARA GUPTA   β€œThen do you need to stay lonely a bit more? Do you need another slice of darkness? At this very moment, you raised your eyes from the…...

Book Excerpt From No One as Rano Biswasβ€” Alokparna

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY BISHNUPRIYA CHOWDHURI I know I am going to kill myself. Maybe tomorrow. Or the day after. One of these days. Some day. Why? Why not? What do you think…...

Giyas Ali’s Love and his Alone Time (Part II)β€” Sadique Hossain

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY NANDINI GUPTA   Part II Giyas Ali is unable to sleep that night. He keeps peeping out of his door to look for the man. But he is…...

Please, Take me Away, Away!β€” Khadija Mastoor

TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU BY AYUSHEE ARORA   The narrow drain was overflowing with water, and the soapy foam was floating on the water's surface like a blanket. He had just come out of the…...

Giyas Ali’s Love and his Alone Timeβ€” Sadique Hossain

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY NANDINI GUPTA Part 1 Squatting by Kalam Molla’s pond to clean himself before Iftar, a recently -aged Giyas Ali, sees Kalam Molla’s seven-year-old daughter, Yasmin run through the…...

The Golden Stairsβ€” Kakali Debnath

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY ANANYA SASARU   1 Rusha was watching them through the window. Like two playful swans, they stretch their necks while swimming in the pond. Every so often, the girl…...

Infidelβ€” Dr. Kamal Kumar

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY ANURADHA DOSAD   On this day, Javed was also on duty along with Kareem. They met after many years, Javed eager to catch up on the stories of the intervening…...

Something… a Little Like This (Part 1)β€” Neelakshi Singh

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY RITUPARNA MUKHERJEE PART 1   The girl was quite dark. Frustrated with her complexion, she brought back a fairness cream from the market that would work wonders in three…...